The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-15
General Markets.

st. LOUIS, May I+-FIour quiet steady. firm:
Wheat, No; red, cash, Sjl4; June, $3.50 Ssts;
July sldsl1a. Corn lower, cash, 81: June :sF3 :
6tj6la; July 3s14tss%s- Oats weak, cash, 80, IA
=; May 2.3s bid5 June 2114 bid. Whisky steady,
Provisions dull weak Pork, old mess sl4. -;
new, SlJ-.5- Lard lower. &c Dry salt meats.
clear ribs S.-25s-4U, short clear s.. "a. BACON.
bowed, shoulders 500; hong clear and clear rib
quiet, unchanged, Ia IL,
NEW YORK, May I4-Southern Flour Quiet
but strongly held Wheat 1acfg bee higher but
less active Speculation more moderate. No.
z red May 9d149.67s' June 955s; July @saa51a.
Corn shade lower, closed steady, generally
quiet; No. = May $3.50, AIS; June 415sSJ4s Oats
shade easier, moderately active; No. = ;sgss;
3Dc- Coffee faIr; ISio hrm, 1875; No. : Rio MAY
81, %; June 81 loo 81. 10 sugar dull. nomi-
nal; refined steady Molasst.s firm; 80 test
Dc. Rice quiet, firIn. Cotton seed oil ;21sc6l
si; crude aS@@ott;S- Refined rusin quiet 81 =,Is
quiet Wool quiet but steadily held Pork
unchanged, dUicJ. Beef dun: beef hams steady
e@lD- Cut meats quiet, frm;'middles nominal.
Lard 4f6 points lower, heavy, closing with
some reaction; Western steam Stia5fl6.g.ls;
June 69+tt :; city steam 500 FO,-igqts quiet.
at s,lsc for June and for some minutes fiuctu-
ated between stfl4c and i6Isc and then took an
upward shoot To s6t4c, on little show of buying
by clique brokers' Ia the mean time. this. long
futures were very wea&- August opened AT
s5t4c and sold down 90 S54c-., As the season
advanced business became dulIer and duller.
There were no orders from outside, and the
Nhoic nay ttdiledCtibilS were practically be-
tween brokers. The clique did very little af-
ter the first hour and values consequently
moved up and down with greater freedom
June wheat sold early as low as sjLt and us
hiyh as SOS but later transactions were be-
tween s5isc and st1sc- The clique did not get
much wheat when the June option got up to
$3.50 ana prices We're accordingly allowed to
ease of. The crowd was indiSpOsed to do bIIsi-
ness 10 any great extent and the tactics of yes
terdiiy Jailed To work Ii was an easy matter
for the Clique to ger wheat Yesterday and The.
weaker the market the more the crowd were.
disposed to sell, but the word of the. last tiy,
minutes OF tine afternoon when prices were.
run up 12C had frightened the ls.arishly in
clined and they were afraid 10 go short 1f the
market just before the Close. AT 1 O'CLOCK Ir-
win Green came and bought June wheat free
~. Ihe crowd got very nervous and all, or
nearly all, OF the shorts commenced covering
June wheat was run up to SIC where il closed
Torn opened rauher easier than Yesterdays
close. July started 1sc easier at Ale Several
times II broke to 4gt4c during the morning but
good buying invariably brought il hack aiyaiu
to iO9sc, at which figure it closed
PROVISIONS were very dull and weak al! day
thougn opening prices were a shade stronger
than yesterday July lard sold from 50 ..Ls
down To -6-6.la, and July ribs down 10 a I2Ia-
product broke from its weight Both how
ever recovered somewhat toward the Close.
July ribs closing at S1-I71@ and July lard at
500.
No. Spring wheat sob: No. 3 Spring wheat rs:
No red NJ; No corn -; No. . oats .asst ,jIA
Mess pork 50 stff 39-2l. Lard S6GsF6 ,i.is
short RIB sides sc; Dry sailed shoulders S5GEr
'-'o; snort clear sides S9+stJ1.59- Whisky SLlO.
wheat-May, s51z June, 81 ; July, s5sSc
6Horn-May' :Soe June, Sc-; July, 40zsc.-
May and June, S2l.OO Lard.May. 5000:
June, S6.'5; July, 1918. Short Ribs-Nay,
s1.1's; June. 500; July, S!I71@.